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CHRONOLOGY - 1992
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JANUARY 3, 1992
The National Corporation for Reparations and Reconciliation is created to continue the work begun by the Rettig Commission. Its mandate is to determine if agents of the state were to blame for reported cases of human rights violations. The Commission is also charged with determining reparation benefits to family members of the victims.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1992
The government announces it is investigating accusations of torture made by Americas Watch of 50 cases of prisoner abuse since the beginning of the Aylwin administration.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello agrees to expel former DINA agent Osvaldo Romo, wanted by Chilean courts in connection with approximately 100 cases of human rights violations committed between 1974 and 1975.
SEPTEMBER 23, 1992
The Army denies espionage charges after an Army Intelligence Service (DINE) agent reveals that wiretapping is a common practice. On September 22, the DINE agent affirmed the existence of a special unit of 600 DINE agents whose work consists of the 24-hour monitoring of cellular phones from a location in downtown Santiago. The revelation, made on national television, provokes General Augusto Pinochet's announcement that he intends to file a criminal complaint against the person responsible for making the accusation.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1992
Nine political prisoners initiate a hunger strike, which lasts 40 days, to demand the release of those still incarcerated.
November 17, 1992
Four members of the MIR, become the first political prisoners to have their sentences commuted to exile abroad. Carlos Garcia Herrera, imprisoned for 11 years; Hugo Marchant Moya, Jorge Palma Donoso, Carlos Araneda Miranda, in prison eight years each, go to Belgium and Finland to serve out their sentences.
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